I am currently experimenting with a few ideas for attaching the guy rope.
I will take a photo later & attach to this or a subsequent posting.
Hi Cupie,
Have a look at my photo on 'easy in,easy out' - which is really Screw In Tent Pegs Take 1. I use washers attached to the trace springs, the peg goes through the hole in the middle. Cheap and easy, no cutting, welding, machine work - just drill one small hole.
Murray
littledick said
02:49 PM Mar 24, 2015
My version as shown elsewhere.
200mm Hex screw bolts and aluminium brackets I made to suit. $20 all up.
Down sloping slot to accommodate the spring.
Dick.
-- Edited by littledick on Tuesday 24th of March 2015 02:51:43 PM
200mm Hex screw bolts and aluminium brackets I made to suit. $20 all up.
Down sloping slot to accommodate the spring.
Dick.
-- Edited by littledick on Tuesday 24th of March 2015 02:51:43 PM
They look good Dick.
Instead of having a slot you can pull the trace springs apart and feed a loop through a hole. It is a bit fiddly getting the middle bit out of the spring - you have to push the hooks over each spring turn until the loop drops out. But then the middle slides straight back up with one push.
Murray
littledick said
05:36 PM Mar 24, 2015
I have made 5 the same for the front sun screen except just a hole in the long section to accommodate the occy strap hook and shorter and thinner bolts.
I use the same modified drill socket that suits my stabiliser legs.
Dick.
Cupie said
07:17 PM Mar 24, 2015
littledick wrote:
My version as shown elsewhere.
200mm Hex screw bolts and aluminium brackets I made to suit. $20 all up.
Down sloping slot to accommodate the spring.
Dick.
-- Edited by littledick on Tuesday 24th of March 2015 02:51:43 PM
They look good.
I got four 12mm washers & 4 10mm ones. Put a 12 mm washer on to each coach screw & then forced on a 10mm one to hold the larger one in place.
I'll make some of those brackets & thread them onto the guy rope springs & job done.
Took the Aldi pegs back & got a refund too.
My corner steady 3/4" socket tool modified for use with a battery drill fits the Hex Head coach screws too.
littledick said
03:03 PM Mar 25, 2015
Cupie wrote:
littledick wrote:
My version as shown elsewhere.
200mm Hex screw bolts and aluminium brackets I made to suit. $20 all up.
Down sloping slot to accommodate the spring.
Dick.
-- Edited by littledick on Tuesday 24th of March 2015 02:51:43 PM
They look good.
I got four 12mm washers & 4 10mm ones. Put a 12 mm washer on to each coach screw & then forced on a 10mm one to hold the larger one in place.
I'll make some of those brackets & thread them onto the guy rope springs & job done.
Took the Aldi pegs back & got a refund too.
My corner steady 3/4" socket tool modified for use with a battery drill fits the Hex Head coach screws too.
Better than pegs I reckon.
Dick.
jaybee said
09:31 AM Nov 21, 2016
Hi all those interested in Screw in Tent Pegs . Here is the link www.screwpegsaustraliapegs.com.au
They have a link in an advert on this site and have a fantastic range of size pegs and SS washers available and a Patent Pending Stainless Steel clip .
All very much cheaper than the big hardware retailers .
Hi Cupie,
Have a look at my photo on 'easy in,easy out' - which is really Screw In Tent Pegs Take 1. I use washers attached to the trace springs, the peg goes through the hole in the middle. Cheap and easy, no cutting, welding, machine work - just drill one small hole.
Murray
My version as shown elsewhere.
200mm Hex screw bolts and aluminium brackets I made to suit. $20 all up.
Down sloping slot to accommodate the spring.
Dick.
-- Edited by littledick on Tuesday 24th of March 2015 02:51:43 PM
They look good Dick.
Instead of having a slot you can pull the trace springs apart and feed a loop through a hole. It is a bit fiddly getting the middle bit out of the spring - you have to push the hooks over each spring turn until the loop drops out. But then the middle slides straight back up with one push.
Murray
I have made 5 the same for the front sun screen except just a hole in the long section to accommodate the occy strap hook and shorter and thinner bolts.
I use the same modified drill socket that suits my stabiliser legs.
Dick.
They look good.
I got four 12mm washers & 4 10mm ones. Put a 12 mm washer on to each coach screw & then forced on a 10mm one to hold the larger one in place.
I'll make some of those brackets & thread them onto the guy rope springs & job done.
Took the Aldi pegs back & got a refund too.
My corner steady 3/4" socket tool modified for use with a battery drill fits the Hex Head coach screws too.
Hi all those interested in Screw in Tent Pegs . Here is the link www.screwpegsaustraliapegs.com.au
They have a link in an advert on this site and have a fantastic range of size pegs and SS washers available and a Patent Pending Stainless Steel clip .
All very much cheaper than the big hardware retailers .